National Inventory of Hospital Trauma Centers
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National inventory of hospital trauma centers.
CONTEXT Trauma centers benefit thousands of injured individuals every day and play a critical role in responding to disasters. The last full accounting of the number and distribution of trauma centers identified 471 trauma centers in the United States in 1991. OBJECTIVE To determine the number and configuration of trauma centers and identify gaps in coverage. DESIGN, SETTING, AND SUBJECTS I...
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عنوان ژورنال: JAMA
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0098-7484
DOI: 10.1001/jama.289.12.1515